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  2. They eat what? New Year’s food traditions from around the world

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    Tamales, corn dough stuffed with meat, cheese and other delicious additions and wrapped in a banana leaf or a corn husk, make appearances at pretty much every special occasion in Mexico.

  3. 3 New Year's Eve food traditions said to bring 'luck' and ...

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    Around the world, people are eating certain foods on New Year's Eve, hoping to ensure that the upcoming year will be full of luck, prosperity and love for them. Here are three.

  4. Eastern meadow vole - Wikipedia

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    The eastern meadow vole is an important food source for many predators, and disperses mycorrhizal fungi. It is a major consumer of grass and disperses grass nutrients in its feces. [ 31 ] After disruptive site disturbances such as forest or meadow fires, the meadow vole's activities contribute to habitat restoration. [ 31 ]

  5. New Year's tradition to eat 12 grapes or black-eyed peas for luck

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    However, food writer Jeff Koehler cited in NPR, that the tradition may stem from the 1880s with Madrid’s bourgeoisie copying the French custom to drink champagne and eat grapes on New Year’s Eve.

  6. New Year's food - Wikipedia

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    In areas with a large number of descendants of Italian immigrants, dishes of lentils and sausages are common New Year foods. [30] In areas with large Scandinavian-descent populations, herring is a common New Year food. [30] A related tradition is the smashing and sharing of peppermint pigs on Christmas Day to ensure good luck in the new year. [51]

  7. Vole - Wikipedia

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    Voles are small rodents that grow to 8–23 cm (3–9 in), depending on the species. Females can have five to ten litters per year, though with an average lifespan of three months and requiring one month to adulthood, two litters is the norm. [1] Gestation lasts for three weeks and the young voles reach sexual maturity in a month.

  8. What is behind the tradition of eating 12 grapes on New Year's?

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    Celebrants need to eat the grapes before the clock chimes 12:01 a.m., and if consumed in full, tradition holds that good luck will be by your side for the entire year. Spaniards commonly choose ...

  9. Western meadow vole - Wikipedia

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    In southeastern Montana, western meadow voles were the second-most abundant small mammal (after deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus) in riparian areas within big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)-buffalo grass (Bouteloua dactyloides) habitats. [5] Western meadow voles are listed as riparian-dependent vertebrates in the Snake River drainage of Wyoming.